Finger-nail cleaner.



G.. WALTEEE. i EINGEE NAIL CLEANER.-

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2, 1911 1,015,860, Patented Jan. 30, 1912.Y

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

To at?, wkom'z't may concern GEORGE WALTHER, orA ROCKVILLE cENTlin, NewYofex.

VFnvcfERfNAIL CLEANER..-

Specicaton of Letterslatent. J :.PatellltedJan, 39,1912, l

Application alemana 2, 19'11. serial N6. 630,805;

Be it known that I, GEoRGE lALTH-ER,

a citizen of .the United States, residing at' Rockville Center, in thecountyof Nassau and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Fin? ger-Nail Cleaners, of whichthe following isl 'a specification.

This *invention relates t'o Iimprovements mfinger nail polishingmachines.'y

'The principal'objelct of the invention is to provide 'a' vdevice Iofthis character which is simple in construction, 'easy Vof operation, andby means of which a person may vreadily clean and polish the nails ofboth hands.

Other objec'ts and advantages |will be apparent as the ceeds.

following description pro- In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side ele-4vation, of the device, one side of the cover being removed. Fig.'2'is-an'end elevationv of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section o-nthe line .3 3 ofthe upper Aport-ion of ythe device as shown .in Fig. 1.Fig. 4 is a horizontal-section on the line 4 -4 of Fig. v1. Fig. is anenlarged detailed .perspective yview'of the finger rest. Fig 6 is anenlarged detailed lperspective view of the cleaning and: polishingtooland holder.'

Referring to thel drawings l() represents' the base of thev device,which isla box like structure, in which is arranged a drawer 11 to .holdthe `different cleaning and polishing tools and other 'necessary toolsand appurtenances.

Secured'to the base-10, on its upper` face, by means of the feet 12 isan inverted U- shaped frame member 13, having the perforated ears 14to'receive screws for-securing the cover plates 15.'` There are twooft-hese plates '15,`one o n each side of the frame.

Mounted in' .the lower ,portion of the frame 13 is a platform 16,adjustable verg a cylindrical member 19 having mounted to tically bymeans of the bolts 17 thereon, and the slots 18 in the'lsides of theframe. Mounted centrally onthe platform 16 'i slide vertically therein'a r0d20, onthe upper end of which is a circular discal. head 21, onwhich ,a finger of the hand is laid in the operation of cleaning andpolishing the nails. In the upper portion of the sameis a secondplatform 22 on |which isl mounted the parallelvertical supports 23,011'the upper ends of which are fori-nedthe journals- 24 for the reception'of theA h'oriZoI 1t-allyv di'sposed shafts ,-25. The outer,v ends oftheshafts 25 are journaled in the' vertical mem,-

bers of the frame, and on theirl outer ends, which project beyond `theframe are provided with the crank handles 26, by means of which theshafts may be rotated. -On the inner end of each of the shafts is a'beveled -v pinion V27 lwhich mesh -with the opposite sides of a similarupper end of the polishing shaft 29; Dis'- inion' 28mounted on the posedacross the supports 23, and below the pinion 28 is a'plat-form 30 havingan opening therethrough', and fa reinforcing plate '31 in which isjournaled the upper en'd of. lthe shaft 29. On thelower end oftheshaft-29 is. a Icollar 32 for the reception of the cleaning and polishingtools33', said'tools being held in said collar b v, meansvof1 the set screw3ft. By .means of this set screw and the set-screw 19" of the fingerrest, 'the tool and the fingerv rest, are-readily.' adjustable towardeach other to bring the polishing head'of the tool 33 lint-o' engage.-

ment with the nail. The adjustment of the, platform 16 makes it possibleto further adjust the linger toward the polishing tool..

In the operation of the device, asin cleaning `andpolishing the nailsof-the left/hand, thel fingerv rest -and,'tool are properly adjust-- ed,with the finger. on the linger rest. vThe handle 26. on vthe right,handv side. of,l the frame is rotated',- which through the ,gears- 27and- 28 rotates the polishing tool 33 lagainst the finger nail. Incleaning .and polishing the nails of-'the rigit, es

hand, the operation is the 1samefas just crihed,.eX cept that the crank26atthe left of the machine is operated.

From the.foregoing itwill thus be seen that the device is simple inconstruction and easy.l of operation, and 'provides' meansV foradjusting thejvarizous parts, and making it easy to clean the nails ofthe right and left hands. l

What is claimedisf:y 1

1. A finger nail cleaning ,polishing device comprising a ibase, an'invertedv U- shaped frame mounted on' Vthe base, a qplatform mountedinthe 4upper portion lof the frame, supports on said platform, drivingshafts journaled inv said. supports; and' in'n the frame, a driven shaftj ournaled in' said platform, an adjustable finger rest in the lowerLowers@ portion of the frame, and L Cleaning end portion of the frame,.a finger rest on said polishing; hooi on the lower end of saidplatform, and means for adjusting said driven shaft. finger restindependently of the platform.

2. A finger nail cleaning and polishing ln testimony whereof l aiiix mysigna- 5 device Comprising a, base, a frame mounted ture, in thepresence oi? two'witnesses.

on the base, driving Shafts mouned in the I fr I 1 7i r 1 Y frame,cranks for rotating seid shafts, a UERGL u LHER vertically arrangeddriven shaft, ai tool 1il/itnesses:

holder in the .lower end of said driven Shaft, FREDERICK W. SHAW,

@ a vertically adjustble platform in the lower lRUFUS H. SMrrlI.

